Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-31
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES.

smiths have the idea tha, the fros should
be brought, as near to the grouad IS pos
sible 50 As to bear part Of the weigtt Of
the animal. and thus spread the foo, and
keep IL healthy as they suppose. Now
there Il no doubt but what nature in-
tended that's horses frog should come in
con,.e, with the ground to certain en-
tent bu, IL should be remembered that
horse, In . Wild state. wears of the toe
and from, par, Of the foo, faster than be
does the heel. Ba, the smith OF the
pr,sen, day reversss this natural way Of
keeping tbs FOO; ia proper SHAPE. aud
pares the heel q gsat deal more than he
doe. the rest Of the foot. thus changing
the bearing and bringing Increased strain
on the back siaews, causing lAmeaess.
which, la ilale. causes heat and iniismma-
,.oa Ia the foot. ani ,h., in time eau'ss
contraction OF the heels. II Is Lot
contracted feet that Gauss lGmsness, bat
IL /. lameneu and Inflammation iha,eia'e
contraction. We have seen tsndsr-foo ei
horse, cured. BY letting the fee, grow out
natural. aad keeping them moist AMI
We have seen sound horses made lame D.
lowering the heel. too much. The res.
.oa ~hy many horses ate cured BY sea-
soa. rua at grA. /. chiefly because the
FOO, from frsqasn, moisture grows rapid.
IL and assumes It's natural shape aud
bsarin,, and 70, from any medicinal
qaali,is. Of tie ground ~ many suppose.
We recently paid 'i'i, TO friends Ia
O,isfsld. and S ,hA, ,osn has been set
off oa to osfofd County 30 IS to ParIlea-
pate 10 our County fairs. IL may no, be
ami. 10 describe some Of the I'm, colts
we saw a, the farm. Of 4. +. WIdwell
and Henry Bowker. who live just be-
,ond wha, i. known s Oti.hsli Gore.
Mr.. II. Is. wsrdwsll. 'on OF T. L.
w.rdwsll, /, proprietor o! fine At, store
in Iswis,oa, oae Of the h.ndsome., stores
IN the city. Ba, wishing something to
interest. please and rest the mind
from the cares and drudgery Of bu'l'
ness. be has turned bis attention
quite largely to the breeding Of the most
fashionable strains Of uo.,lng hofses. and
a. be doe. nothing by halves. bu, thor
oughly Informs himself In regard TO
whatever be undertakes 10 DO, bis sue
ces. in the end i. an assured thing. lie
frs, bough, mare. 10. by Godfreys
Pa,ehen (.ire Of Hopeful, 2;li) dam BY
Ethan Allen. aud from her obtained
flly. by Constellation. which 10 her
,wo-ysar-old form took first premium at
State Fair for best two.year.old titles,
and in her ,hree-Jesi-od form was bred
TO Prescott, ,on Of Harold. sire Of Maud
s., 2.Os2, dam Primrose, by AleIandef's
Abiall,h. aud obtained bay hlly now
four year. old aud known as Stella Pres
co,l. She /, unframed but has magnih.
cent aeiioa. In 1885 Mr. WArdwell hired
the use Of the famous brood mare, skip
dam OF lniependenee. 2:2lt. 2lo
double. and Ulenarm. 2:25D BY Gideon.
son Of Hsmble,onian. aud sent her aud
hi. mare. by Constellation. to Highio~n,
Mass, 10 be bred to the great Alesntara
l2:23 as q four-year-old) son OF Geo.
Wilkes, sire OF SO or more In $3.50 list.
and whose dam Was the famous brood
mare, Alma Mater. by Msmbrino Ps'ehen,
son Of Mambrino Chief. Mamorino
Pa,ehen is q grea, sire Of brood mares.
and Alma Mater Is the bes, one. aud Is the
dam Of more gres, performers ihan any
mare Of her age In the world. Skip IN
due time produced horse colt, now
year old, tha, stands IA hands high. and
!, very .ymms,neally proPor,ioned and
highly finished bis color Is black with
few roam hairs in,ermixed bis limbs are
splendid, aud bis gait Is that Of q ,ro,,er,
possessing a. he does the blood OF two
noted brood mates. Skip and Alma Mater.
= thing in itself Of inesiimatable value In
q stock horse, and the blood Of the mighty
Geo. Wilkes through Alean,ara. lie
has the right TO be one OF the most sue.
ee..ial ,ir,s Of speed Daring seeiden's)
,hs, ever ,rol the soil Of the Pine Tree
State.
The other mare sen, to Aleaniara pro-
daeed . chestnut flly that, to use the
words OF . horseman who lately viewed
il, 1, . very suspicious looking hlly. She
is tall aud rangy built, is uphesded. aud
handles herself ia the yard with the grace
and agility Of . deer.
Mr. wsrdwell is TO be congratulated
on the 20 f.r successful results OF his ven.
,ure. And all breeders in this part OF
Maine should feel to rejoice ,ha, stall
lion possessing 80 many strains OF the
best speed producing blood IN tae world
|, .ooa to stand In their midst. These
colts are kept .. the farm OF Mr. Henry
B,wker, who owns the dam Of Geo. Jones
flly, Alert, that showed full mile in
3:09 last year as two o.year-old- Mf
Bo~ker has . full si,ter to Alert, year
old, that he lately refused sl2O for. She
/, a beauty and Is Of fine size aud good
gated. His mare has . col, At foo, two
weeks old. by same horse, ,ha, Is equal
in promise to any Of It's predecessors.
They were sll sired by Hinds' Handle.
toniAn.
Mr.. Il. Z. wardwell has . three year
old colt from . Blaekhswk mare and
sired by Norway Knox that Is good
sized and shows q remarkable slAshing
gait. lie also has . two.year-old from
same mare. got BY Daniel NJ. Boone. son
Of Daniel Boone. This Is also good
gated colt.
Caleb wsrdwell, same ,own, sod a
four.year-old colt. by PiekpOekst. to a
party 10 Auburn. for $3.50.
Andrews & Thayer. of'Nerw.y' are
handling large number OF good horses
this spring. consisting OF uo.isr', gentle.
meas drivers and some extra, general
purpose horses from Canada. We saw
several Of his ls,ss, acquisitions from the
latter place, and found some OF ,hsm to
be handsome. stylish aud speedy drivers.
Any one in want Of nice horse for any
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